Christmas Haul: How I Spent my Christmas Cash

 So I got some gift cards that were burning a hole in my pocket. Head on over to my YouTube channel to see the haul
here. The link is in Instagram Bio. I am not affiliated with any of the companies or places I purchased the products. These are just things I wanted to add to my stash.

 So I wanted to share a simple way to make some quick Valentine's Day💖 cards using stickers I put together in Cricut Design Space. So I made some stickers a few years ago in Design Space. When rifling through my stash I noticed I still had a few left. So I decided to turn the few I had left into cards. Today on my YouTube channel I shared this one. Such a simple go-to design that works EVERY TIME. This is a great project for a beginner cardmaker or for mass production. Head on over to my YouTube Channel to check out the rest of the stickers, see me make this card, and get the link to the mat for Cricut Design Space. The link for my YouTube channel is here.

 You can never have enough die-cut circles! 🟠🟣🟡

I made these with some stitched circles cut out of colorful papers (some patterned, some not). The cards were simple to make using just the circles, a sentiment, a few colorful stars to accent with a bit of white gel pen. These would be so easy to mass-produce to up your stash of birthday cards to pull out when you need them. Also, these are perfect for all genders and ages!

Using Geometric Shapes to make Quick Cards

 I wanted to get some quick cards together to beef up my stash of 🎂Birthday cards. So I went to a super simple standard...geometric shapes🔺🟣🟩. Geometric shapes are also good to use if you need masculine cards. If you are wondering where I got the main images I will be happy to tell you. The star is from a Dollar Tree sticker pack and the beeI made using Cricut Design Space. The bee was printed on printable vinyl to make a sticker. If you want to see how these came together head on over to my YouTube Channel. The Link is my bio on Instagram or you could head here.

The Final LetterPress Cards

 The last three Letterpress 💌 cards are here. I did not realize how many cards I would end up with! These last three were what I made with all the butterfly and flower Impressions I made. I added a corner stamp embossed in white, then used metallic watercolor paints to make the stamp stand out a bit more. I added stamped sentiments or other diecuts to help pull the cards together. I will definitely do this technique again along with other letterpress technique variations I have seen @jennifermcguireink do on her YouTube channel. Thanks for taking a look at all my cards. I will be back soon to show you the Valentine's Day cards I have been making. 💕 

Another Batch of Letterpress Cards

 

Letterpress💌...Here is another batch of letterpress cards I made using those oval/circle dies. For those with the impressed imprint, I added flicks of gold metallic watercolor paint. Then to each of them, I added some embellishments/diecuts/sentiments I had already made and had in my stash. The last two cards use the actual die cuts. On both cards, I used two of the die cuts to make the image more "full". I then added some simple Prima flowers from my stash. I have had those beauties in my stash for more years than I could count. I also on the last card added a simple double bow of silver metallic thread held down by my favorite glue...Elmer's Craft Bond.

Letter Press: First Set of Cards

 

Letterpress💌...I made several simple (ie. focal image, sentiment, embellishments) cards that I wanted to share from my letter pressing fun. Today I wanted to share with you all the cards I

made with my feather die. Notice that on some of the pressed pieces there is a bit of a halo around the image. I think that is because I wet the image a little too much maybe. Each card is pretty simple, but that is what I love about the cards I made. The embellishments came from my stash, some are from dollar tree (the glittered "epoxy" stickers) while others were other images I die cut from the leftover paper I had blended with the distress inks. The sentiments came from The Paper Studio Celebrate Life Sticker Pack. I put these all together pretty quickly. They will make great encouragement cards.